Name: The Madonna dei Lumi and the 1631 plague vow
Start: 2027-09-08
Location: Pieve Santo Stefano

Patron saint festival In 71 days

Saint Stephen and the three-century-old town band

📅 Every year, on 26 December

Pieve Santo Stefano celebrates Saint Stephen on 26 December, in the Collegiate church dedicated to him. The town band, today the Filarmonica Ermanno Brazzini, celebrated its three-hundredth anniversary in 2017.

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The Madonna dei Lumi and the 1631 plague vow

📅 Every year, on 8 September, a perpetual vow after the 1631 plague

Pieve Santo Stefano celebrates the Madonna dei Lumi on 8 September. During the 1631 plague, a solemn vow was made to celebrate her nativity in perpetuity, ratified by the grand-ducal chancellor once the plague was defeated.